geography of eau claire thrift sale two hypothesis: 1) thrift sales will correlate with lower income...
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Geography of Eau Claire Thrift SaleTwo Hypothesis: 1) Thrift sales will correlate with lower income home owners2) Thrift sales will correlate with median household income and owner occupied homes
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Thrift Sales: A National Phenomenon
• Nationally, nearly 20 million thrift sales annually. That is a ratio of 1 sale for every 11 people. (Combs, H., et al. 1980)
• Reasons for holding sales range from housecleaning to desiring a profit, but 8 out of 10 hosts interviewed in Eau Claire stated, “getting rid of junk” as a main driver.
• Since the 1960s, thrift sales developed as a way of compensating for the material consumption pervasive in American lifestyles. (Soiffer, S., & Herrmann, G. 1987)
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Idioms of “Thrift” Sales
S a l e Te r m Re g i o n U s e d
Ta g N o r t h e a s t
Ya r d N o r t h e a s t /M i d w e s t
T h r i ft M i d w e s t
P o r c h S o u t h
G i m m e S o u t h
R u m m a g e W e s t
S u m m e r W e s t
G a r a g e N a ti o n a l
• Terminology varies by geographic region
• Term/Region associations found through brief reference of large periodical classified sections
• Debate exists for term implications
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Source: J Combs, J Bauer, P Burger. Journal of Cultural Geography. Vol. 25, No. 3, October 2008
Data Collection• Thrift sale locations collected from the Leader-Telegram using August listings of sale advertisements from 2007-2009
• August listings were highest in number, corresponding with others research in Jonesboro, Arkansas
• August coincides with peak of the national moving season
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Mapping the Data• Addresses were mapped using Google Earth Pro
• 587 data points collected with 507 points plotted
• 80 points were unused due to incomplete or inaccurate address, or the addresses listed were in surrounding towns
• Data points were then superimposed onto US Census data maps
• US Census block groups were used as they are the lowest level for which geographic area decennial data is calculated
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Thrift Sales and Median Household Income
• Comparison of thrift sales to median household income show a correlation • Lower density of thrift sales in lower median income block groups
• Thrift sales cluster in middle median income - upper median income block groups
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Jonesboro, Arkansas research supports findings (Combs, H., et al. 1980)
• Sale locations were positively correlated to income • The block group with the second highest income per household held the highest amount of sales. Nearly 31% of the households in that block group held a sale.
• The lowest income block group did not hold a sale over the course of time sampled
Sales per 1000 Households Median Household Income
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Thrift Sales and Low Median Household Income
A near absence of sales in lower median income neighborhoodssuch as North, Downtown, and West
Median Household Income
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Thrift Sales and Median Household Income
Thrift sales held largely in middle median income to upper median income block groups
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Thrift Sales and Owner-Occupied Homes
Thrift sale density is lower in block groups with lower proportion of owner occupied homes
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Thrift Sales and Median Income/Owner-Occupancy
The variance of median household income values within these block groups does not establish a pattern
Median Household Income Owner Occupancy
When compared to owner occupancy, the pattern becomes apparent
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Interpretation and Implication for Future Research• Original hypothesis was disproven, however literature was supported
• Higher income families are the impetus for the trickle down of goods in a population.
o People attend thrift sales in higher or equal class neighborhoods (Herrmann, G. 2004)
• Home owners tend to accumulate more items over time and purge these items to make space for more/newer goods
• Geocoding and statistical analysis of addresses using GIS could yield greater insight into correlations
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